The Satanic Rites of Dracula Blu-ray Review

The Satanic Rites of Dracula is a fun little horror-thriller that places two amazing veteran actors together in Peter Cushing and Christopher Lee, the latter once again portraying one of the best cinematic villains in Dracula.

 

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Supergirl (1984) Blu-ray Review

Supergirl might not be some misunderstood movies of the 1980s and indeed it is at times pretty awful, particularly in terms of the cheap production design, bad dialogue and nonsensical moments, and yet the movie has its charms, most notably Helen Slater.

 

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The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean + Screen Caps

The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean is a solid western which is saying something coming from someone who generally isn’t the biggest fan of the genre outside of the classics and it excels thanks to Paul Newman’s charms.

 

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Billy Budd Blu-ray Review + Screen Caps

Billy Budd is a well made, high-seas adventure film that features a great breakout performance from Terence Stamp marking only his second feature film (his first also was released in ’62).

 

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The Colossus of Rhodes Blu-ray Review + Screen Caps

The Colossus of Rhodes is an over-long but still fine adventure-drama from director Sergio Leone with some impressive set pieces and solid performances from Rory Calhoun and Lea Massari.

 

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Super Fly Blu-ray Review + Screen Caps

Super Fly is a well done 1970s blaxploitation flick featuring a funktastic performance from its star, Ron O’Neal whose career unfortunately never truly took off, but here, he’s a lot of fun to watch.

 

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Two Weeks in Another Town Blu-ray Review + Screen Caps

2 Weeks in Another Town is a well done, somewhat inside baseball of Hollywood, and a fine follow-up to The Bad and the Beautiful, that features two well done performances by screen legends Kirk Douglas and Edward G. Robinson.

 

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